Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

K. K. Khanna ¹, V. Mudgal ², G. Shukla ³, P. K. Srivastava ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, IN
2 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN
3 Botany Department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, IN

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The paper deals with unreported medicinal uses of eighteen plant species (belonging to sixteen families) exploited as aphrodisiac among the folk-lores of Uttar Pradesh plains, India. The data are outcome of ethnobotanical survey of more than 300 villages of nine districts viz., Bahraich, Gonda, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Raebareli, Sidharthnagar and Sultanpur. Local name of plant, part of plant used, mode of drug preparation, administration and doses are given under each species.

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K. K. Khanna ¹, Anand Kumar ¹

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad - 211 002, IN

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Anand Kumar ¹, K. K. Khanna ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, IN

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The paper deals with ethnomedicinal information on 54 plant species (belonging to 33 families) collected from field survey amongst three tribes viz., Gond, Korku and Gaiki of Betul district, Madhya Pradesh. An analysis of data has indicated that eight plant species are employed as antidote to snake bite and scorpion sting, six to treat fever. five for rheumatism, four to treat cold, cough, skin diseases, as anthelmintic and tonic, and three for stomach diseases while two species to treat impotency, cuts, wounds and as diuretic. On the other hand, only single species has been referred for a number of other ailments like eye diseases, spermatorrhoea, spleen enlargement, tuberculosis, mouth sore, boil, asthma, liver disorder, toothache, bone fracture, abortifacient, antifertility, and in veterinary. Further, a comparison with the concerned literature has revealed that 23 ethnomedicinal uses of plants have not been reported earlier.

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K. K. Khanna ¹, Ajay Kumar Jha ¹, Anand Kumar ¹, S. K. Murti ²

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1 Botanical Survey of India, Central Circle, Allahabad, IN
2 Botanical Survey of India, Northern Circle: Dehra Dun, IN

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The paper deals with an account of endemic and rare plants of Chhattisgarh a newly constituted state of Indian union. Four species viz., Staurogyne perpusilla Henry & Balakr., Maytenus bailadillana (Narayan & Mooney) Raju & Babu, Eriocaulon rajendrababui Ansari & Balakr. and E. raipurense Khanna, Mudgal & Kumar are endemic to the state. Further, 481 taxa are rare in the state. Various conservation measures have been proposed in the paper.

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